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Table 2 Summary of the total health literacy and subscales scores (n = 140)

From: Association between health literacy and medication comprehension; attitudes toward reporting adverse events in adults using over-the-counter medicines

Subscale

Functional

Communicative

Critical

Total

Mean score (SD)

18.9 (3.8)

18.0 (4.7)

14.7 (3.3)

51.6 (7.4)

Cronbach’s alpha

0.77

0.88

0.81

0.76

  1. SD standard deviation